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SINOPSIS

Drama o hrabroj Kineskinji koja povede pobunu za vrijeme japanske okupaciije Kine tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata. Seljak Ling Tan (Walter Huston) živi jednostavnim životom u izoliranom dijelu Kine sa svojom ženom (Aline MacMohan), tri sina i snahama. Njihov miran život prekida invazija Japanaca za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata. Većina muškaraca u selu zauzima neutralan stav u želji da izbjegnu sukob, što rezultira pljačkom, ubijanjima, silovanjima i izgladnjivanjem lokalnog stanovištva. Jedna od Ling Tanovih snaha je Jade (Katharine Hepburn), svojeglava žena Lao Era (Turhan Bey). Njezin muž je podržava u naprednim idejama koje drastično odskaču od kineske tradicije. Jade se želi suprotstaviti okupatoru i s vremenom svoj borbeni stav i hrabrost prenosi na ostale seljane koji napokon pokreću otpor"

This lavish, 145-minute cinemadaptation of the Pearl Buck best-seller Dragon Seed was intended by MGM as a followup to the studios successful film version of Bucks The Good Earth. In true Hollywood fashion, the Chinese protagonists are all played by Caucasian actors, with fascinating if not always convincing results. When a peaceful Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese prior to WW2, the men elect to adopt a peaceful, dont-rock-the-boat attitude towards their conquerors-and it is understood that the women will stoically acquiesce as well. But Jade (Katharine Hepburn), a headstrong young woman, intends to stand up to the Japanese whether her husband Lao Er (Turhan Bey) approves or not. She even goes so far as to learn to read and to handle a weapon, so that she may properly equipped for both psychological and physical combat. Jades attitude spreads to the rest of the village, convincing even the staunchest of male traditional that the Japanese can be defeated only by offering